Learning Culinary Skills and Giving Back

The order came in, and it was a tall one: 300 servings of vegetable soup and honey cake. But chef Louis

AVolunteer Rande Dubrow, left, and
student Joey Lerner try a soup prepared by a
class in the Soups and Sweets program. 

Ruttenberg's kitchen crew stayed calm under pressure. Joey Lerner, 27, manned an industrial can opener with aplomb, liberating diced tomatoes and kidney beans. "Atta boy, Joey," Ruttenberg said.